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Book Reviews, Christmas, Musings
by The Frustrated GardenerDecember 25, 201512:16 pm

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I think I did rather well, don’t you? Wishing you and yours a magical Christmas Day. 

The Frustrated Gardener, December 25th 2015.

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  1. 1
    Judy @ NewEnglandGardenAndThread on December 25, 2015 at 12:21 pm
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    I see those library shelves filling up and that pruning those beautiful plants got a little sharper. Merry Christmas, Dan. May 2016 be another good year for you and yours. šŸŽ„

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      The Frustrated Gardener on December 25, 2015 at 12:26 pm
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      Thanks Judy. I am just laying the table using your Christmas pot stands, so you’ll be with us in spirit today! Merry Christmas. Dan

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  2. 3
    automatic gardener on December 25, 2015 at 12:26 pm
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    Nice!

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  3. 4
    Anne Guy on December 25, 2015 at 12:31 pm
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    You have obviously been good then if Santa gave you all these books…better start ordering the shelves! Have a great day Dan and all the compliments of the season!

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      The Frustrated Gardener on December 25, 2015 at 12:50 pm
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      And to you Anne! I was either very good or very persuasive šŸ˜‰ Believe it or not there’s still plenty on my library wish list! Merry Christmas.

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    Sylvia Pocock on December 25, 2015 at 12:40 pm
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    Happy Christmas to you and Alex from us here in a very warm New York – 72 degrees yesterday on Christmas Eve – almost tropical! Anne Parker and Sylvia (me) and Ben Pocock.

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      The Frustrated Gardener on December 25, 2015 at 12:48 pm
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      Merry Christmas Mrs P! Give our love to Anne and Ben. Hope you have a super day. It’s a lowly 50 degrees here and typically dreary. We’ll be staying in and soaking ourselves in gin and fizz. Love from us both.

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    Anna Belanger on December 25, 2015 at 12:59 pm
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    I would have left my poor geraniums in the garden and had gorgeous red blooms this Christmas : ) if I knew the forecast for Ottawa, Canada : ) was going to be this warm; 7 degrees for Christmas Day! Enjoy the books and have A Merry Christmas.

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      The Frustrated Gardener on December 26, 2015 at 7:57 pm
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      That must be warm for Canada. 15°C here today and the forecast says 17°C for Monday. I will have to get my shorts out! Hope you had a very Happy Christmas.

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    Sandy on December 25, 2015 at 1:58 pm
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    What a stash!!!!!!!

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  7. 11
    Sandy on December 25, 2015 at 2:00 pm
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    Our bookstores don’t have those cool English ones! And SEEING SEEDS? what a sexy title. To people like us, anyway!

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      The Frustrated Gardener on December 25, 2015 at 4:53 pm
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      It’s quite a sexy book Sandy! It’s next on my pile to read šŸ™‚ Happy Christmas! D

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    TinaD on December 25, 2015 at 4:18 pm
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    Very nice haul. (The benefits of being both naughty and nice?) Happy Christmas to both you and Him–hope Christmas dinner is a particular feast!

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      The Frustrated Gardener on December 26, 2015 at 7:52 pm
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      Oh it was! And Boxing Day lunch, which I am still digesting as elegantly as I can. I feel rather like a Zeppelin šŸ˜‰

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    annamadeit on December 25, 2015 at 4:39 pm
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    I’d say you made out like a bandit! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

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    • 16
      The Frustrated Gardener on December 26, 2015 at 7:51 pm
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      Thank you. I had to look that phrase up – I LOVE it!

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    lyart on December 26, 2015 at 6:46 am
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    great booty, these will be hours of fun. Knowing you, we, the cyberlot, will profit in due time, as there will be quotes here at times….. Merry Christmas

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      The Frustrated Gardener on December 26, 2015 at 7:50 pm
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      I hope so! I am very lucky šŸ™‚

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    thelonggardenpath on December 26, 2015 at 9:05 am
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    You certainly did! Happy reading! šŸŽ…

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      The Frustrated Gardener on December 26, 2015 at 7:50 pm
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      Thanks. I have just poured myself a huge glass of red and am about to settle down with Secret Gardens of the Cotswolds šŸ™‚

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    Marian St.Clair on December 27, 2015 at 11:37 am
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    Oh, you are a devil. I’ve just been to Amazon to order Great Gardens of London (I know Victoria slightly and the Cotswolds book is a fav) and am now treating myself to a long list of must haves, including The Irish Garden, by Jane Powers, which won GMG’s Inspirational Book of the Year Award just a few weeks ago. It’s easier to justify such expenses at the end of the year because they’re tax deductible, but even still…ouch!

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      The Frustrated Gardener on December 27, 2015 at 2:42 pm
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      I am so sorry for putting temptation in your path Marian! I topped my Amazon wish list up yesterday with ‘The Gardener’s Guide to Weather and Climate’ and ‘Secret Gardens’ by Alain Le Toquin. Happily I have a birthday coming up šŸ™‚

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    sallysgarden2013 on December 27, 2015 at 7:45 pm
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    I can see a fine pair of Niwaki secateurs in your stash. They are my number one tool. I would recommend you take them on a course run by Jake Hobson from Niwaki. Happy pruning !

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      The Frustrated Gardener on December 27, 2015 at 8:36 pm
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      Thanks for the tip Sally. I absolutely love them. They are still in their box at the moment but I can’t wait to start using them.

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    Lisa - Ontario on January 4, 2016 at 4:31 pm
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    I received those pruners in my stocking! Santa must read your blog. You will need to give book reviews please. I had not heard of the London one. I just put in a big order on Abebooks for a number of books that were reviewed somewhere else. Like another poster mentioned, we do not get many of these books in Canada, but they are shipped rather quickly.

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      The Frustrated Gardener on January 4, 2016 at 6:29 pm
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      Hi Lisa. I can thoroughly recommend Great Gardens of London. I am rather embarrassed to admit that I may as well live in Ontario given how many of them I’m unfamiliar with! I need to get out more. I can also let you into a little secret that I am 70% of the way through a ‘Frustrated Gardener Recommends’ booklist that I have been working on for the last month or so. It lists all my favourite gardening books and why I consider them indispensable. I hope you might find it useful. Should be published (as a new page) by early next week if I crack on. Enjoy those pruners!

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